Gutcher

Gutcher is a settlement on the northeast coast of Yell in the Shetland islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on Unst and Hamars Ness on Fetlar operate. The settlement has a harbour, and a former post office which, in 2012, reopened as a bed and breakfast. There is a café adjacent to the ferry waiting room (Geoffrey's) that opened in 2019.

The former post office, once subjected to aerial attack.

Gutcher
Ferncliff House, viewed from Bluemull Sound
Gutcher Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU548991
Civil parish	Yell
Council area	Shetland
Lieutenancy area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01957
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
List of places UK Scotland 60.671°N 0.998°W / 60.671; -0.998

During World War II, the Luftwaffe machine gunned the post office at Gutcher in an attempt to disrupt the communications system.^[1]